What is Brave Browser on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
The Brave web browser (Chromium-based) and its helper processes.
Brave is built on Chromium, like Chrome, so it runs a main browser process plus helpers: Renderer helpers for sites and extensions, a GPU helper for graphics and others for utility work. Brave's Task Manager (in the main menu under More tools) shows what each one is.
- Category
- Third-party
- Made by
- Brave Software
- Safe to quit:
- Yes
Shown in Activity Monitor as Brave Browser, Brave Browser Helper, Brave Browser Helper (Renderer), Brave Browser Helper (GPU)
Why is Brave Browser using so much CPU or memory?
- Many tabs or heavy sites
- Extensions running scripts
- Video playback or web games
What to do
- 1Open Brave's Task Manager to find the heavy tab or extension
- 2Close tabs you don't need
- 3Disable extensions you don't use
- 4Quit and reopen Brave
Safe to quit? Yes.
Safe to quit the browser; quitting a single Renderer helper only closes its tabs.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library